Drying-frame for lace curtains



(No Model.)

F. BAYERDOERPER. DRYING FRAME FOR LACE CURTAINS.

No. 593,387 Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

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UNITED. STATES FRANK BAYERDOERFER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DRYING-FRAME FOR LACE CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,387, dated November 9, 1897.

A li ati fil d April 1, 1897. Serial No. 630,235. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK BAYERDOERFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the count-y of Kings-and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying-Frames for Lace Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in drying-frames for lace curtains by which any number and size of curtains can be stretched and dried with great facility, the stretching-frame being readily folded up after use into a small compass, so as to be stored away until again required; and the invention consists of a stretchingand drying frame for lace curtains which comprises inclined tubes connected by V-shaped holders having a center sleeve and set-screw for clamping the top rod of the frame and rods applied to the ends of the curtains and locked to the inclined side tubes by means of adjustable clamps, said end rods having adjustable collars, so as to adjust the distance of the inclined main tubes any length from each other. The inclined main tubes and lower stretching-rods are provided with pins that engage the edge of the curtains and stretch the same tightly in position in connection with the top, as will be fully described hereinafter and fin ally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved frame for stretching and drying curtains. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly in section, of aportion of the stretching-frame, showing the connecting parts on a larger scale; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail side views of the stretching-pins for the lace curtains.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent inclined main tubes which are held at an angle to each other by the V-shaped pieces 13, which are provided with pins 19, that extend for a certain distance in the upper portion of the inclined main tubes A. The V-shaped piece 13 is provided with a central sleeve 6, that is arranged at right angles to the plane of the same and that serves for supporting the top rod O of the stretcher-frame. The said top rod is firmly clamped to the V-shaped pieces 13 by a set-screw b that passes through the apex of the V-shaped piece and which binds on the top rod 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Longitudinal stretcher-rods D are arranged along the lower part of the inclined main tubes A and are provided with adj ustablecollars (I, having a set-screw d to retain them at the proper distance between the inclined main tubesA. Thelace curtains are stretched over the top rod and connected to the lower rods D by means of shiftable stretching-hooks E, which are applied by eyes 6 to the lower rods D, said hooks being of any approved shape, but which are preferably formed with an angular shank that is made integral with the eye, said shank having a sharp pointed end, so as to pass readily through the edge of the curtains, as shown in Fig. 1. After the ends of the curtains are attached by the angular pins'to the lower rods D D the side edges of the curtains are connected to the inclined main tubes A by similar pins F, which are provided with eyes f, by which they slide along the main tubes A, so as to be arranged at proper distance from each other. The stretching of the lace curtains is produced by retaining the lower rods D on the main tubes A by means of T-piecesG,which are provided with sleeves g and set-screws g, the upper ends of the T-pieces serving to support the lower stretching-rods D before the curtains are stretched, while the lower part of the T- pieces G serve to retain the rods D after the curtain is stretched, the T-pieces being firmly attached to the main tubes by the set-screws 9, so as to retain them firmly in position. Any number of lace curtains may be stretched over the stretching-frame, that is formed of the main tubes A A, top rod 0, lower rods D, and thus dried in a very convenient manner without requiring the large and unhandy wooden stretching-frames having stationary stretching-pins on all the sides of the stretching-frame.

When my improved stretching-frame is to be used, the main tubes A A are first connected to the pins 1) of the V-shaped pieces B. The top rod 0 is then placed through the sleeves b of the V-shaped pieces 13 and clamped in position'by the set-screw 17 The lower stretching-rods D are then placed in po- G. The curtains are then placed over the top rod and applied to the shiftable stretching-pins of the lower stretching-rods, after which the shiftable stretching-pins on the main tubes are applied to the 'side edges of the curtains and stretched tightly by the same. The lower stretching-rods are then finally placed in position against the lower part of the T-pieces G and the latter moved along the main tubes, if required, so as to apply the proper degree of tension to the curtains, in which position the curtains are permitted to dry. After they are thoroughly dried the pieces G" are loosened, the curtains first removed from the lower stretching-rods, then from the stretching-pins of the main tubes A, and finally removed from the stretching frame, which is then placed in a narrow compass by removing the main tubes from the V- shaped connecting-pieces and the top rod from the sleeves of the same, so that the main tubes and rods can be stored in a comparatively small bundle until they are again required for use.

My improved stretching-frame for drying lace curtains is preferably made of steel tubes, iron or brass rods, while the V-shaped connecting-pieces and the. T-pieces are preferably made of suitable cast metal, being either finished by japanning or nickel-plating, according to the finish that is desired to be given to the stretching and drying frame.

My improved stretching and drying frame for lace curtains forms a convenient and durable device for domestic use and can be more conveniently stored than the unhan dy wooden stretching-frames in use for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 7 1. In a stretching and drying frame for lace curtains, the combination of main tubes, V- shaped connecting-pieces for said main tubes,

a top rod connecting said V-shaped pieces, stretching-rods, adjustable T-pieces applied to the main tubes for retaining the lower stretchin g-rods, and shiftable stretching-pins applied to the inclined main tubes and lower stretching-rods so as to engage the edges of the sides and ends of the curtains as they are stretched over the top rods, substantially as set forth.

2. In a stretching and drying frame for lace curtains, the combination of inclined main tubes with a V-shaped connecting-piece having pins extending into the upper ends of said main tubes, a sleeve arranged in the upper tubes, of adjustable T-pieces having sleeves and set-screws, of a lower stretching-rod pro-, vided with a collar and set-screw for adjustment to said T-piece, said stretching-rod being either supported on .the shank of said T- pieee or below the shank of the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK BAYERDOERFER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. JAEKEL, O. E. Yosr. 

